Hope Faint for Chiang Kai-Shek Release in China Uprising
Reports from Nanking indicate Chang Hsueh-liang’s rebellion in the northwest is growing stronger with a possible Communist tilt. Chiang Kai-Shek remains a prisoner in Sianfu since December 12, while Mrs. Soong and T. V. Soong seek his freedom. A three day Christmas truce was declared as details remain unclear.
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Nanking
Chang Hsueh- Liang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sianfu
Meiling Soong
T. VY. Soong
Dr. Soong
Shensi
Chang
Kansu
Nin- Rhsia
Central Executive Committee
Kuomintang
National Party of China
Chiang
Search for Escaped Murderer Continues Over Plains
Massingham of Poplar Bluff joined the search in his airplane as Plane and Hounds pursue the escaped killer who fled Benton jail with four companions. Some theorize the abducted men’s car found wrecked west of Doniphan was placed as a blind. Two captives have been recaptured while the desperado remains at large as night falls. He was condemned to death for the May 8, 1935 murder of W. T. Carlson of Grays Point in an attempted holdup. Swiss govern announces facial recognition of Ethiopian conquest with Addis Ababa under Swiss consular direction.
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Massingham
Poplar Bluff
McGee
Doniphen
Desperado
Scott County
Benton
Novig
W. T. Carlson
Grays Point
Mass Funeral for 39 Blast Victims
A mass funeral was held in Eagle Pass for 39 miners killed when an explosion tore through Mine No 6 at Nuevo Rosita Mexico. 35 workers were injured as seven hundred miners were underground. investigators cite black damp and carbon monoxide as deadly causes as survivors tried to reach surface.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Nuevo Rosita
Mexico
Rosita Coal Company
Bus passenger slashing by a man on a transcontinental coach
In St George Utah on December 23 a 74 year old black man William Rollins of Chanute Kansas armed with a sharp pocket knife slashed two bus passengers and threatened others before being overpowered by driver and a passenger. The victims James Allen 70 of Ogden Utah suffered cuts to hands and face while A R Toothaker 85 of Sioux City Iowa sustained a stab wound to the right wing. Authorities said the suspect appeared mentally ill.
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ST. George
Utah
A. B. Prince
William Rollins
Chanute
Kas
A. R. Toothaker
Sioux City
Towa
James Allen
Ogden
Frank Hawks Reaches 311 MPH In New Plane Time Flies
EAST HARTFORD Conn Dec 23 AP speed pilot Frank Hawks attained 311 mph indicated in tests over Rentschler field using 1000 horsepower Time Flies He said the craft should reach 375 mph and noted only 65 percent of power was used.
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East Hartford
Conn
Frank Hawks
Rentschler Field
Hawks
Cuban President Ousted by Senate in Impeachment Vote
In Havana on December 24 the Cuban senate convicted President Miguel Mariano Gomez 22 to 12 on impeachment charges for interfering with the legislative power. He became the first Cuban president ousted by impeachment, with Francisco Laredo Bru succeeding automatically as president.
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Havana
Miguel Mariano Gomez
Senate
Gomez
Francisco Laredo Bru
Solons Split Over Judge Deal in Missouri
Kansas City December 23 AP Senator Truman names first choice for Missouri’s new federal judgeship Park of Platte City plus Judges Bird and Ridge for the post. Age is a factor but Truman and Pendergast push for a Kansas City candidate while Clark stays noncommittal. Out-of-state names Collet Clark and Grover James are mentioned, with Collet unlikely to accept.
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Park
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Guv
Guy
Democratic Organization
Truman
Roosevelt
Cummings
Pendergast
Platte City
Governor Park
Bennett Champ Clark
St. Louis
Clark
Judge Bird
Tavor James P. Aylward
Jackson County
Missouri
Aylward
Ridge
John C. Collet
State Supreme Court
Boyle G. Clark
Columbia
Grover James
Joplin
Callet
Judge Callet
Judge Ridge
Scout Roads for Girl and Her Abductor
In Kentucky sheriff J W Ridings chased an automobile believed to carry Vivian Lee a 17 year old former University of Kentucky student and A G Cawood 26 accused of abducting her A telegram from Vivian said Cawood was intoxicated and unaware of the events but later messages from Williamsburg city desk said she left home and a Bell county high school senior banquet disappearance remains under investigation.
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Pineville
Dee
J. W. Ridings
Vivian Lee
Youth Administration
A. G. Cawood
Ridings
Whitley County
Will Hamblin
Cawood
Miss Lee
Williamsburg
High Cue
Tenn
Waller
South
Bell County
Vivian
Corbin
Mr. Cawood
Smith
Hamblin
Sarlier County Anditoy
J. H. Lee
University of Kentucky
Bell County High School
Alvar
Six Die When Plane Burns at Dallas Field
A Braniff test flight ended in disaster as a new engine failed over Northwest Highway, killing six aboard. Braniff and U.S. officials pledged immediate inquiry with executives and staff dispatched to Dallas to assist investigations. The crash occurred about eight miles north of Dallas near the busy highway.
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Dallas Field
Northwest Highway
Dallas
Clough
Braniff
Department of Commerce
Oklahoma City
T. E
City Schools Hold Christmas Programs Across West End
West End school children joined an assembly at 2 35 featuring Ruth Shirley as the Spirit of Christmas and a chorus performing multiple songs. Each room displayed its own tree and decorations while Lutheran students prepared for a Christmas night celebration and director Leonard Fischer noted over 50 numbers in the hour and a half program including recitation solos and four part singing. Shakespeare drew inspiration for The Tempest from news of a storm wrecking a shipload of British colonists near Bermuda.
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West End
Ruth Shirley
Prin. J. V. Wilson
Leonard E. Fischer
Wheat crop insurance plan urged for federal study
A congressional committee urged the President to consider a coordinated federal crop insurance program for wheat. The plan would use actual farm records with local adjustments, require minimum participation, and store wheat in bonded warehouses to stabilize supply and prices. It warned private firms failed previously due to narrow areas and data gaps, and favored public backing with reserve funds and consumer benefits.
All Needy Kids Are Adopted at Last Minute
Local contestors urged participation in a home decoration contest with cash prizes. Entries due by 4 o clock this afternoon, decorations to stay up for a week after judging tonight. Judges include Hugh Stephens and Mr. and Mrs. O. Chaffee.
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Schatt
Hugh Stephens
Mrs. O. Chaffee
Reunion Ends 41 Year Search For Mother And Son
Mrs. Camilla Warner 59 of Los Angeles and her son Richard Douglas Foster, last seen as infants, were reunited in Yoder Wyoming after a 41 year search. Warner, meeting her boy at the train, planned to spend Christmas with him and his two grandchildren.
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Scottsbluff
Neb
Camilla Warner
Los Angeles
Nebraska
Snowbound search for crashed plane continues in Idaho mountains
North Idaho woodsmen battled snow sleet and wind to Cemetery Ridge hoping to find wreckage from a Western Air Express transport and its seven occupants lost since December 15 between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. Four feet of snow hindered visibility as rescuers searched the 6,000 foot summit with no trace found. Flight was from Missoula to Spokane and observations near the Arizona Utah Nevada border are part of the extended hunt.
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Spokane
Wash
Joseph Livermore
Arthur Haid
Kellogg
Idaho
Fred Cunningham
Byron Cooper
A. G. Hylent
Missoula
Mont
St.George
Utah
Western Air Express
Arizona-Utah-Nevada
White House Christmas Dinner Menu Revealed
Washington dispatch reports the White House Christmas dinner for Roosevelt will start at 6 30 p m with oysters and end with coffee. The menu lists salty crackers calf s head soup celery olives celery crackers turkey sausages chestnut and other items including tiny sausages as garnish for the turkey and a formal course plan.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Holiday Dinner Menu Fragments and Desserts Listed
A fragment lists dishes such as nut dressing giblet gravy cranberry jelly cauliflower green beans candied sweet potatoes fresh pineapple salad plum pudding with hard sauce eggnog steam and cakes. The incomplete text reads like a holiday meal spread with traditional items.
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Hina
London
Kansu Province
Edward Wingart
Erie
Royal Leonard
Glendale
Calif
Marshal Chang
Julius Barr
Pittsburg
Hankow
Barr
H. H. Kiung
Plane
Berne
Switzerland
Federal Council
Ethiopia
Rome
Addis Ababa
Salvador
San Vincente
Associated Press
Frank Hawkes
Dismiss Levy
Leo Levy
Madison
E. J.becker
Santa Washington
Santa Claus
Solons
Judge Deal
Democratic Committee
Scout
Kentucky
Sean
Shakespeare
Bermuda
Agriculture Department
Ong
Ash ST
Fred Tanner
Creany
Mr. Bosto
Golden Wedding C. F.C. Jas. E. Pepper
Cote Pawlet
Aes Ie
Scotch Whiskies
Johnnie Walker
Barcelona
Ronnica
Merry Christmas
Dr. Sat A. Dallmeyer
Optamotrist
Njoy Ch
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Lawranceburp, Ind
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