Rain Halts Major Madrid Offensive as Siege Proceeds
Heavy rain halted major offensives around Madrid on day 53 of the siege while continued fighting raged on the Cordoba front and in fronts near Bilbao. The Velasco shelled Muselhabor before retreating, as Valencia Madrid pact arms from the United States bolster the republic. Charge d Affaires Ogilvie Forbes said the British embassy will move to Valencia January 1 and most refugees and nationals face relocation arrangements.
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Madrid
Cordoba
el Cueta
el Orria
Bilbao
Gijon
Velasco
Musel Harebor
Gilan
Madrid-Valencia
United States
Valencia-Madrid
George Ogil- Vie-Forbes
Valencia
Aligante
French Aviatrix Sets New Long Flight Mark
Maryse Bastie, French aviatrix, landed in Natal Brazil at 2 30 p m to set an unofficial speed mark for the 41281 mile Dakar Senegal route. Her time was 12 hours 7 minutes compared with Jacus New Zealand flier 13 hours 15 minutes. Bastie is former holder of the women distance flight record.
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Natal
Brazil
Maryse Bastie
Dakar
Senegal
South Atlantic
Jean Cus
New Zealand
Blum intervenes to avert Paris food strike
Premier Leon Blum intervened to secure an agreement between employers and workers in Paris food industry and prevent a general food strike. Collective bargaining contracts were negotiated and evacuation of packing houses by sit down strikers began.
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Paris
Bee
Leon Blum
Climb Pike's Peak For New Year's Fete
Colorado Springs AP report. Fifteen climbers from the Adams club and guests braved the snow to ascend Pike's Peak 14110 feet for New Year's Eve celebrations. They rested tonight eight miles up from Manitou Springs and plan to finish the final four miles tomorrow before firing rockets from the summit.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Pike's Peak
Adaman’s Club
Doughty Fifteen
Manitou Springs
Age Limit Ruling Shifts Oklahoma Federal Judge List
President Roosevelt’s limit of age 60 for federal judges appears to remove three candidates from Oklahoma’s new seat. Senator Elmer Thomas said E. L. Richardson of Lawton A. G. Bierer of Guthrie and former Governor J. B. Robertson were dropped from consideration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Elmer Thomas
E. L. Richardson
Lawton
Guthrie
J. B. A. Robertson
Farley Sets March 4 for Victory Dinners
Postmaster General James A Farley announced on departure for the White House that March 4 is fixed for a Democratic victory dinner in Washington. Similar dinners will be held the same night across the country as Farley and national committee executives W Forbes Morgan and Frank C Walker review party affairs with the President.
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James A. Farley
White House
Washington
W. Forbes Morgan
Frank C. Walker
National Committee
Farley
Democratic Party
Dec
Gotham Hysterical Eve of New Year Jamboree
New York December 30 AP reports Gotham rumbles with New Year hysteria from Greenwich Village to Broadway. Nightclub owners and Park Avenue hosts cram for tables while merchants board up to handle crowds. Cathedrals prepare watch services as hotels and restaurants set tariffs and celebratory offerings.
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New York
Gotham
Greenwich Village
Harlem
Broadway
Park Avenue
Wall Street
Times Square
Three hundred Navajos Reach Safety After Mesa Rescue
Three hundred snowbound Navajo Indians were brought to safety from Wide Ruin Arizona after a nightmarish meteorological ordeal during a tire dance. Indian service officials at Window Rock Navajo reservation headquarters continued checks across communities to confirm no additional people were stranded. In Chicago the influenza and pneumonia outbreak worsened with 339 additional deaths in 24 hours, raising totals to 458 since December 1.
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Gallup
N. M
Wide Ruin
Ariz
Indian Service
Window Rock
Chicago
Herman N. Bundesen
Dec
Federal Reserve Report Signals Best Recovery Yet
The Eighth District Federal Reserve Bank reports the recovery is now more encouraging than at any time since it began. Manufacturing stays high, employment rises with payroll gains and bonuses. wholesale and retail sales rise. agricultural prices climb with high tobacco and wheat values. Freight and passenger rail service increase, commercial failures in November totaled 25 with liabilities of 553000, down from 1935.
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St, Louis der
Federal Reserve Bank Vnr
Iron and Steel
Leonard P
Ayres
Stewart McDonald
Alvan McCauley
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Tom K. Smith
American Bankers Association
Hear Muench Plea On Bond Wednesday
In St Louis on December 30 AP reports the eighth circuit will hear next Wednesday and likely rule the same day on bail for four defendants in the Gift of God baby hoax mail fraud case. Defendants Nel lie Tipton Muench Ludwig O Muench Helen Berroyer and Wilfred Jones await bail ruling after sentences including a 15 year term and 5000 fine for Muench and a 10 year term for Jones.
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ST .Louis
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Verne R. C. Lacy
George H. Moore
Nellie Tipton Muench
Ludwig O. Muench
Helen Berroyer
Wilfred Jones
Marsh Pittman
Muench
Lacy
Jones
Berroyer
Juéze
Joseph W. Woodrough
Omaha
City
Appeals Court
Deepwater Farmer Found Shot Dead at Home
Clinton Mo Dec 30 AP Addie Stevenson a 72 year old Deepwater farmer was found shot to death in his farm house where he lived alone A coroner jury ruled death by unknown hands Sheriff Harness said no clues or tracks were evident due to heavy rain He owned a 300 acre farm and was considered well to do Neighbors said he had no known enemies The body was found after neighbors visited and found him reading a newspaper with a stove burner burning and an unlocked back door
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Clinton
Addie Stevenson
Deepwater
Sterling Harness
Stevenson
W. T. Jennings
Harness
James Garner
Ore Dollay
England's Wealthy Social Worker Dies
Dame Fanny Lucy Houston, England’s wealthiest woman, died in Hampstead after inheriting 45 million pounds in 1926 from her second husband shipping magnate Sir Robert Houston. An early suffragist and longtime critic of government, she funded hospitals, charity, Everest ascent support, and Britain’s entry in the 1931 Schneider race. She spent time in Jersey and on her yacht Liberty.
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London
Isle of Jersey
Saturday Review
Mount
Everest
Great Britain
Lady Houston
Hampstead
Little Channel
Jersey
Liberty
Joseph Pulitzer
School Man to Tax Board Appointment
Washington dispatch reports Justin Miller former dean and law professor at Duke University is named to the tax appeals board. Miller previously served as special assistant to Attorney General under President Roosevelt and is described as a trusted figure appointed by the tax board amid moves.
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Washington
Justin Miller
Thelof Tax Appeals
Miller
Duke University
Gent
Roosevelt Tolerai Cummings
Pleasant Prospect For 1937 Held Out By All Forecasters
Chicago dispatch surveys year end prophecies from star gazers economists labor leaders and business chiefs for 1937. Forecasters predict better times with higher wages shorter hours low interest and growth in housing and auto sales while noting potential risks such as drought or industrial strife.
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Chicago
Belle Bart
Edward
D. M. Davidson
Roper
Wiliam Green
American Federation of Labor
Tulsa student family has multiple children in school
Mrs. Charles Eckes and her 21 year old son Charles are classmates at the University of Tulsa. Mrs Eckes has two sons in college and one in grade school.
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Charles Eckes
Charles
University of Tulsa
Eckes
Soil Conservation May Become a Part of Permanent Program
Washington dispatch reports the administration will seek congressional revision to fold soil conservation into a permanent federal agricultural program. Draft amendments aim to keep federal administration and strengthen crop control, countering the Supreme Court ruling that voided the AAA.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculture Department
AAA
Supreme Court
Department of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Six States for Talk Farm Tenancy Hearing
Six southwestern states will send tenant farmers and landowners to the first public hearing of President Roosevelt's farm tenancy committee in Dallas. The session Monday will be led by Dr. W. Will Alexander, acting administrator of the Resettlement Administration, and Dr. L. C. Gray, executive secretary. Additional meetings are planned for Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Dallas
Tex
Roosevelt
D. P. Trent
W Will.w. Alexander
Resettlement Administration
L. C. Gray
Farm Tenancy Committee
Lincoln
Neb
Snell Says Republicans Will Guard Minority Rights
Representative Snell of New York, a leader among a small group of house Republicans, warned that the nation should not be abandoned to one party government. He stated the Republicans would operate in the next Congress as a cohesive unit to protect minority rights and responsibilities.
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Dec
Representative Snell
New York
Snell
Congress
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