Nazis Collect Tribute From Jewry Today
Berlin reports preparations advance for the first of four instalments of a 400 million mark Nazi levy on Jews for the Paris slaying of Ernst vom Rath. Jews struggle to raise 5 percent cash. some pay with jewelry or securities. Installments run to August 1939 with 115 million marks expected in Austria, while many prefer noncash payment. Jewish war veterans across Germany lose civil service payroll status, receiving only pensions after January 1.
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Berlin
Paris
Ernst Vom Rath
Legation
Preussische Seehandlungsbank
Germany
Vienna
Austria
Wilhelm Frick
Singer's Elopement Steals Interest From Trial
In court for the afternoon session Virginia De Marteau testified Snyder threatened Ruth Etting and Alderman with death last August. Mrs Fred Clampett recounted Snyder saying he would kill Alderman and plea for Etting at his funeral. Miss Etting's secretary Miss Feldman recalled threats when Snyder was angry. Prosecution rested. defense may call witnesses tomorrow. Oxford Gazette notes 49300 undergraduates and 2630 receiving aid in 1937-38.
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Peared
Virginia de Marteau
Snyder
Ruth
Alderman
Fred Clampett
Hollywood
Miss Etting
Gwendolyn Feldman
Giesler
Final Rites Held For Monsignor Selinger At St Peters
A large procession of church and civic leaders attended the funeral of Monsignor Selinger at St Peters Church. Archbishop Glennon presided over the requiem high mass with sixty priests from several dioceses aiding in the service. Auxiliary Bishop Winkelmann delivered the sermon praising Selinger’s work in Catholic education and city welfare. Burial rites followed at St Peters Cemetery with Winkelmann officiating and a long list of priests attending the grave service.
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Monsignor
Selinger
St. Peters Church
Glennon
Christian H. Winkelman
Prove
St. Peter’s
Bishop Winkelman
Charles L. van
H. Schilling
Boonville
W. L. Ebert
Taos
Nicholas Brinkman
Cathedral
St. Louis
J. M. Denner
Koeltztown
Gerald J. Sommer
Martin O'Malley
Thomas Kennedy
Herman J. Mayer
St. Elizabeth
J. M. Huber
St. Andrews
J. H. Winkelmann
Richfountain
F. Richard Felix
Victor Stepka
Clayton
F. Eckhoff
Bonnets Mill
H. Wagener
Osage Bend
J. F. Hershen
I. H. Lehman
St. Anthony
John J. Noelker
Morrison
J. F. Schuhlbach
J. J. Gilsenen
Brinktown
H. E. Stitz
G. H. Schmidt
Linn
F. E. Sommerhausen
G. J. Nolte
Chamois
A. J. von Brunen
J. Ward
Pacific
J. F. English
J. J. Richter
F. Mergen
OSB
Springfield
F. J. Kaveloge
Billings
A. H. Puetter
St. Thomas
J. E. Mexer
Fenton
A. B. Talis
Frankenstein
A. P. Stocking
Rolla
C. J. Hornsay
Cuba
Vogelweid
Feldt
Deck
Bruemmer and Pleas
Jefferson City
Jos. Lubely
B. S. Stolte
J. C. Melies
Westphalia
Louis Br
Stark to Seek Revision of State Pension Law
Stark signals a push to revise Missouri pension law while in Washington. He notes Project Table Rock dam and reservoir near Branson on the White River could be valuable for chemicals and power during wartime. Governor Stark, Mrs. Stark, and Adjutant General Lewis M. Means attend Missouri Society events. Ristine and Clark connections featured. The governor plans meetings with Sec. Wallace and calls on Missouri congressional delegation.
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Table Rock
Branson
White River
Stark
Lewis M. Means
Missouri
Missouri Society
Washington
Bennett Champ Clark
Carl Ristine
Ristine
The
Council of State Governments
Wallace
Aai-Shek Swings to Communist Political Tactics
British policies shifted to aid China and Chiang Kai-shek pursued talks with Soviet Russia and envoys from France and the United States. At a recent conference Chiang’s staff reported a major military reshuffle, removing General Wu Teh-chen and General Chang Chih-chung amid blame for Canton’s loss and the Changsha fire. A key issue was defending against a looming Japanese campaign west and north of Canton.
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China
Russia
Chiang
Wu Teh-chen
Kwangtung
Canton
Chang Chih-chung
Shanghai
Changsha
Five Week Strike at Linotype Firm Ends
NEW YORK December 14 State mediated settlement ends five week strike in the Morgenthaler Linotype Brooklyn plant. Company officials and a United Electric Radio and Machine Workers local approved a contract drawn up by the state labor mediation board and union members ratified it unanimously. The strike began November 14 to protest a 10 percent wage cut proposed by the firm.
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New York
Brooklyn
Morgenthaler Linotype Company
United Electric, Radio and Machine Workers
State Labor Mediation Board
Past of Large Drug Concern Head Probed
A government probe issued 50 subpoenas to Wall Street operators and brokers and officers of a drug firm. Thompson testified W. W. Smith and Co. paid 150000 yearly in commissions with no obvious sales, while massive paper inventories and missing warehouses puzzled him. He questioned Coster about shortages and noted forged reports by Dunn and Bradstreet tied to Manning and Co. The firm, led by Coster, allegedly posted 140 million in 1929 sales, yet cash flow lagged as inventories swelled despite assurances of profitability.
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Wall Street
Thompson
McCall
W. W. Smith and Co
Coster
Renson A. Sickles
Dun and Bradstreet
Ale
London
Big Security Firm named in Fraud Suit
Virginia state auditor and ex officio insurance and securities commissioner said that Fidelity Investment Association has adequate securities on deposit according to sound valuation methods. The securities commission had charged the association with fraudulent practices.
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Virginia
Insurance and Securities Commissioner
Fidelity Investment Association
Sims
Securities Commission
Investment Association
Dream comes true warning ends in broken arm incident
Mrs. Catherine Mellon warned her four children after dreaming of her six year old son John who then fell down stairs and within an hour tried to catch a wagon tumbling down cellar steps and also broke his arm in Colwyn Pennsylvania on December 14 AP report.
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Colwyn
Catherine Mellon
John
Average hired man on Kentucky farm earned 1937 monthly pay
A 1937 Kentucky farm report notes the average hired man received 27 dollars 31 cents per month. This figure highlights farm labor wages during the era and reflects overall agricultural income conditions in Kentucky communities.
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Kentucky
Parley Fails to Settle St. Louis Water Strike
ST LOUIS December 14 A second conference between union and city officials broke up abruptly and a strike of 70 operating engineers continued Public Utilities Director Edward Wall said a more than sufficient supply of water was being pumped into the city mains He would hire men to replace those on strike and noted further meetings were off unless union officials reopened them Mayor Bernard F Dickmann backed Wall Citizens will continue to get water Wall said the strike arose from a jurisdictional dispute between two AFL unions He offered to rehire all striking workers except those whose conduct caused the crisis
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ST. Louis
Public Utilities
Edward E. Wall
Wall
Bernard F. Dickmann
Mgr. Wall
Louis
American Federation of Labor
Black Legion Leader Faces Charge in Michigan
Virgil H. Effinger Lima electrical contractor must travel to Michigan to face criminal syndicalism and bomb possession charges tied to the Black Legion, as Ohio's high court upheld extradition. Effinger, free on 5000 dollar bond, plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. He previously fled an extradition hearing in 1936 and surrendered in Lima last December.
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Columbus
Virgil H
Bert) Effinger
Lima
Michigan
Black Legion
Ohio Supreme Court
Effinger
J. K. Rockey
United States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Pan American Monroe Doctrine Urged at Conference
Behind the scenes talks at the Pan-American conference push toward a common continental defense plan for the Americas with Cordell Hull and Argentine delegate Dr Isidoro Ruiz Moreno. Argentine sources say a formal defense proposal has not been submitted yet. An Argentine Mexican proposal seeks a declaration urging Spaniards to end the civil war.
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League of American Nations
Cordell Hull
Isidoro Ruiz Moreno
State Butter Institute names officers in Missouri
In Columbia Missouri on December 14 AP reports J W Fleming of Moberly was elected president of the Missouri Butter Institute succeeding G T Tutherie of St Louis. Bernard Cleveland of Springfield was chosen vice president and Rudolph Miller of Macon was reelected secretary treasurer. New directors include A Pape Concordia Carl Palmer Springfield and R O Yowell Kirksville.
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Columbia
J. W. Fleming
Moberly
Missouri Butter Institute
G. T. Tutherie
St. Louis
Bernard Cleveland
Springfield
Rudolph Miller
Macon
A. Pape
Concordia
Carl Palmer
R. O. Yowell
Kirksville
Price on Milk Bottles Set by One Company
Washington reporters reveal that Thatcher Glass Company Inc. largely fixes prices for about 70 percent of U.S. milk bottles. Owens-Illinois and Hazel-Atlas executives confirm industrywide patent control and limited licensing, highlighting patent barriers in glass container production.
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Washington
Thatcher Glass Company, Inc
William E. Levis
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Walter H. McClure
Hazel-Atlas Glass Company
Levis
Levis’ Company
Gets Life for Beating Stepdaughter to Death
PAWNEE Okla Dec 14 AP Leon Scribner 23 was convicted of murder for beating his two year old step daughter to death. A jury deliberated overnight and he received life imprisonment at hard labor in McAlester penitentiary. Defense said no appeal would be filed and he will be sent there at once by sheriff's officers.
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Pawnee
Okla
Leon Scribner
Prentiss E. Roweforthwith
Tulsa
McAlester
Scribner
Kentucky spends nearly $750 000 net each year prosecuting fel
Kentucky funds show a heavy annual net cost to prosecutors as officials report spending close to seven hundred fifty thousand dollars each year to pursue felonies. The article notes budgeting strains and ongoing efforts to curb expenses while maintaining caseloads.
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Kentucky
Radium Shipment to New Cancer Institute Worth $200,000
The National Cancer Institute will receive what officials call the world’s largest single radium shipment, about $200,000 worth weighing a fifth of an ounce. It arrives from New York in lead containers weighing tons and will be enclosed in 1,245 hollow needles for current measurements expected to take six months.
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Washington
New
National Cancer Institute
New York
Misdirected Dynamite Blast Damages Subway
A misdirected dynamite blast in the Sixth Avenue subway excavation tore through a wall and showered debris on a Brooklyn-Manhattan transit train. One passenger, Herman Sporn, was among those affected as officials investigated the incident.
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New York
Sixth Avenue
Herman Sporn
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Head
McKesson- Robbins
Mayer's
Elec
Silex
Mayer’s Hardware
Black Legion Head
State Butter Institute
Jack
Avant Sverre
New Cancer Institute
Phil A. Dalimeyer
E. High
Gertral Dairy
All America
Dallmeyer
Haly
Phil A. Dallmeyer
Pajamas
Mack
Kerry Knight
Pataatag
Little Major
Kerry Kat
Lewis
GLOBE
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Atuoeda
Goldman & Kaiser
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