Rebels Mass Army For Big Offensive Against Barcelona
Spanish insurgents concentrate troops on the Tarragona front for a major assault on Barcelona while rail traffic to the eastern front is suspended. Observers say the movement signals quiet behind lines, with some noting possible Franco offensive preparations and counter rumors of a revolt.
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Barcelona
Hendaye
France
Tarragona
Spain
Ebro
Francisco Franco
Franco
Segovia
Mediterranean
London
Lima Defense Plan Rejected By Argentina
The conference and its key committee on Pan American relations pushed resolutions and declarations including a call against aerial bombardment of civilians. They affirmed sovereignty and mutual defense commitments and endorsed consultative procedures to coordinate actions if a republic's peace or territory is threatened. Five jurists were appointed to study a league project for the American nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organization For Peace
Colombia
League of American Nations
Warns of WPA Shutdown Without Congressional Action
Senators warn the Works Progress Administration may shut down from March 1 to July 1 unless Congress approves new funding. Rep. Davis accuses WPA of political manipulation to sustain relief rolls, calls it a "filthy mess." The Senate campaign expenditures panel considers stricter limits on political use of relief funds, with Chairman Sheppard backing broader bans in relief bills.
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Senator Davis
R-Pa
Davis
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Sheppard
D-Tex
Junk Man Buys Broken Truck For Five Dollars
In New Orleans on December 21 an AP report describes farmer George Mathas losing steering gear and crashing his truck into a canal. A junk man across the street asked five dollars and Mathas agreed, selling the vehicle on the spot.
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New Orleans
Southland
George Mathas
Mathas
Sister to Get Bulk of Paul Anderson's Estate
The will of Paul Y. Anderson, Washington correspondent for St. Louis papers, leaves his estranged wife only what law requires and bequeaths the residue to his sister Miss Myrtle Anderson of Knoxville Tennessee. The estate totals 18117 in real estate with 15750 in mortgages and 300 in stock. Debts are not to exceed 1000.
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Washington
Paul Y. Anderson
St. Louis
Anderson
Myrtle Anderson
Knoxville
Tenn
War Department awards two million in contracts
The War Department announced contracts totaling 52,092,366 awarded to private industries under the military procurement program. About three quarters went to the quartermaster corps, with 1,626,405 split as 936,997 for construction and 873,977 for clothing and equipment. additional awards covered motor vehicles, air corps, chemical welfare, ordinance, medical, engineer, and signal corps projects.
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Washington
War Department
Quartermaster Corps
Air Corps
Chemical Welfare Service
Ordinance Department
Medical Corps
Engineer Corps
Signal Corps
Fidelity Investment Association Denies SEC Fraud Charge
The Fidelity Investment Association, accused by the SEC of fraudulent practices, filed its answer denying all charges and seeking dismissal. A hearing before Judge Edward J. Moinet is set on the SEC petition for a temporary restraining order. The firm reports $600 million in securities sold across 20 states and says it complies with all state regulators. it denies deficits in funds meant to protect investors.
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Detroit
Fidelity Investment Association
Securities and Exchange Commission
United States District
Edward J. Moinet
SEC
Fidelity Association
Association For the Protection of
Fidelity Company
Missouri Winter Wheat 72 Percent Normal in Dec report
Missouri winter wheat conditions on December 1 were 72 percent normal, the third lowest in 73 years, due to dry fall weather. Acreage seeded for next year totaled 1,761,000 acres, about 9 percent below the 10-year average and 32 percent below last year. rye was 71 percent normal with 126,000 acres seeded, 19 percent above a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Alfred C. Brittain
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Missouri
Brittain
Missing Pennsylvania girl slain after vanishing near downtown
Margaret, an honor graduate from a business school, vanished after being asked to meet a man downtown as Christmas shoppers passed a major thoroughfare. Police explored theories including possible white slave ring involvement, but offered no definite clues and no ransom note.
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Margaret
Three Kansas Buildings Levelled by Wind Driven Fire
A wind fueled blaze in Stark, seventeen miles east of Chanute, Kansas, destroyed three business buildings. Firemen from Chanute, Erie and Lavenburg battled two hours to contain the flames. Damages are pegged at about 20,000 dollars. no injuries reported. The fire started at Virgil Mix's general store and filling station and spread to the Lillian Swift Creamery and the A. B. Olson grocery, leaving Stark without a grocery store.
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Chanute
Kas
Stark
Here
A. M
Erie
Lavenburg
Virgil Mix
Lillian Swift Creamery
A. B. Olson
Agreement on Property Reached by Gable and Wife
Clark court disclosed that actor Clark Gable has paid his estranged wife Maria about 286000 under a property settlement. Attorney E R Young said most difficulties were settled out of court, while Judge Ruben Schmidt continued indefinitely the motion to set a trial date.
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Los Angeles
Clark
Gable
Maria
E. R. Young
Ruben Schmidt
Ice Manufacturers to St. Joseph Next Year Convention
The Missouri Ice Manufacturers Association named St. Joseph the site for its 1939 convention and adjourned after electing officers. J. L. Howland of Fayette was chosen president, L. A. Nickell of Columbia vice president, and E. A. Prager of St. Louis secretary treasurer.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Ice Manufacturers Association
St. Joseph
J. L. Howland
Fayette, Mo
L. A. Nickell
Columbia
E. A. Prager
Scheme of Coster to Ship Rifles Told Investigators
Details reveal Simon as intermediary in arms scheme involving Coster-Musica and United Drug and Chemical. Kantor sought as material witness. bail requested. Coster-Musica, who hid his identity, died by his own hand, leaving a statement absolving officers and implicating his younger brothers as compliant accomplices.
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New Jersey
Washington, D. C
Simon
McMahon
U. S
Coster-Musica
United Drug and Chemical Company of
Bridgeport
Coster
Kantor
Irving R. Kaufman
Bondy
John M. Kantor
Montreal
MacKinlay Kantor
Stratford
Kaufman
John Kantor
Musica Brothers
United States of Arms
Wall Street
Connecticut
Samuel Reich
New York
Reich
Gregory F. Noonan
Noonan
Coster- Musica
Fugitive's Bride Leaves Joplin for Home in Iowa
Grace McKinney Jackson a 16 year old Des Moines girl who eloped with a fugitive from justice boarded a bus at Carthage to return home for Christmas with her mother Mrs Nathan McKinney She said she would learn to cook and never leave home again Officers noted she had been arrested near Noel Mo after being abandoned by Lee Jackson who faced car theft and grand larceny charges in Jasper and Newton counties
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Joplin
Grace McKinney Jackson
Des Moines
Justice
Nathan McKinney
Carthage
Noel
Lee Jackson
Jasper
Newton
Lewis Seeks Wagner Act Compliance for Federal Contracts
John L. Lewis outlines a legislative program for the new Congress aiming to compel industry to obey the Wagner act or lose federal contracts and loans. He opposes AFL efforts to revise the act and favors bills touching civil liberties, social security, relief, unemployment, housing, and maritime labor.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Congress
AFL
Lewis
Rep
Michener
R-Mich
Walsh-Healey
Wagner
D-Ny
Lewis program for labor reform outlined in 1930s proposal
Ties Lewis proposed measures to restrict national guard use in strikes and curb strike breaking agencies. The program also urged anti lynching laws elimination of state poll taxes periodic survey of technological unemployment expanded social security and a federal health program.
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Lewis
National Guard
Christmas Nativity Pageant At Second Baptist Church
A Christmas pageant titled The Nativity will be presented at Second Baptist Church Friday night at 8 o'clock. The choir will participate and Mrs. Reena Savage will oversee the event.
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Second Baptist Church
Reena Savage
Red Cross to receive U S wheat aid for Spain
The United States offers three million bushels of wheat via the Surplus Commodities Corporation to aid loyalist Spain. Red Cross has shipped 60,000 barrels of flour to Spain and plans 7,150 more barrels in January, with processing costs paid from its treasury. Funds are now needed elsewhere.
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Red Cross
Spain
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Davis
Welles
Barcelona
Argentina
Mexico
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Brazil
Central Dairy Hosts Christmas Dinner for Employees
The Central Dairy played host last evening with a turkey dinner and Christmas party for the employees their wives and friends. More than fifty persons attended.
Christmas Lights Turned On Early for Sick Woman
In Denver on December 21 AP reports the civic center illumination, originally to debut Christmas Eve, was activated 15 minutes early after Robert Brown of the park department learned that Mrs. Gustav Schoettle, critically ill nearby, wished to see the lights before she died. The city complied.
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Denver
Civic Center
Robert Brown
Park Department
Gustav Schoettle
Schoet- Gy
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Young Democratic Club
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Lima
Paul Anderson
Pennsylvania
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