Navy to Keep 35-Ship Fleet On East Coast
The Navy announced the Atlantic squadron would become a permanent 35-ship fleet on January 6, with four battleships eight cruisers and 23 destroyers stationed at Norfolk Virginia. Officials also studied economic weapons including a complete embargo if relations with Germany worsen amid tensions over Nazi policy and the Roosevelt administration.
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Washington
Germany
Atlantic
State Department
Ickes
Austria
Norfolk
State Employee Injured in Linn Car Crash
Jess Davenport a clerk in the secretary of state's automobile department was in critical condition at St Mary's hospital after a crash near Linn on Highway 50. Percy Cook escaped with a head cut and a broken finger while Davenport suffered a broken back and was pinned beneath the overturned car. Both were treated at Linn and then returned to the city.
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Jess Davenport
Automobile Department
Secretary of State’s
St. Mary’s Hospital
Davenport
Percy Cook
Linn
Cook
Loose Creek Resident Dies After Illness
Mrs Frank Kremer of Loose Creek died early yesterday at St Marys hospital after a short pneumonia illness. She was 44. Survived by husband Frank Kremer, mother Mrs Ill Schmidt of Osage Bluff, four sons and two brothers.
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Frank Kremer
Loose Creek
St. Mary’s Hospital
Ill Schmidt
Osage Bluff
Missouri Weather Preview for Weekend, Temps Near Seasonal
Fair weather in Missouri Saturday and Sunday with mild warming in the west and north on Saturday and southeast and east central regions on Sunday. Highs around 44 and lows near 27, river stages show mixed rises and falls at Keokuk Kansas City Waverly Boonville St. Thomas Hermann and Lake of the Ozarks remains several feet below full.
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Missouri
Keokuk
Kansas City
Waverly
Boonville
St. Thomas
Hermann
Lake of Ozarks
Roosevelt Rail Committee Urges Equal Government Break for Railroads
The Roosevelt rail committee urged the U S government to treat railroads fairly compared with competitors. It proposed centralizing regulation under the Interstate Commerce Commission and a new transportation board to oversee all transport modes, with a separate federal court for financial reorganizations and shared consolidation authority subject to board approval. It also called for streamlined loan restrictions and broader regulatory powers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Committee of Railroad Management and Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Snow blankets much of nation as Christmas approaches
The Associated Press reports heavy snow across northern regions with mixed conditions nationwide. Snow and ice caused three traffic deaths in Minnesota and one in Michigan, while temperatures ranged from 32 in North Carolina to the upper fifties in Louisiana.
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Associated Press
South
North Carolinas
Louisiana
Rocky Mountains
Midwest
Ohio
Minnesota
Michigan
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Maryland
Stark Urges Safe Holidays To Prevent Fatalities
Gov. Lloyd C. Stark urged Missourians to keep the holiday period free of fatalities on streets and highways. He called on citizens and safety agencies to treat safety as a personal responsibility behind the wheel to ensure a happy season.
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Lloyd C. Stark
Missouri
16 Motorship Patterson Wreck Survivors Rescued
Coast guardsmen and navy pilots rescued 16 survivors from the motorship Patterson wrecked 12 days earlier off the Alaska coast. Two navy planes from Sitka and the coast guard cutter Haida recovered seven and nine seamen at Lituaya Bay after a traverse through rain snow and wind. One man was lost in the wreck and another drowned later.
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Juneau
Alaska
Coast
Roosevelt's Christmas Greeting On Air Today
President Roosevelt will broadcast his Christmas greetings to the nation from Lafayette Square between 4 and 4 30 p m central standard time tomorrow. He will speak for about seven minutes beginning at 4 11 p m as part of a half hour program aired by CBS Mutual and the NBC Blue network.
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Tors Lewis
Europe
Wis
United States
Germany
Russia
Italy
Japan
Reynolds
National Council For Prevention of War
Roosevelt
Washington
Lafayette Square
CBS
Mutual
NBC Blue
Long-Awaited Rebel Offensive Lashes Catalonia
The Spanish government announced insurgents launched a general offensive against Catalonia in the Tremp sector northwest of Barcelona. Francoist troops with heavy artillery and air bombardment attacked as battles raged along the Segre river with reports of thousands of prisoners and extensive arms seizures.
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Hendaye
France
Catalonia
Spain
Barcelona
Francisco Franco
Tremp
Neo
Segre
Franco
Lerida
Seros
Girl Injured in Head-on Crash on West McCarty Street
Rosaline Keisling of 511 Mulberry Street suffered facial cuts after a head-on collision in the 400 block West McCarty Street. She rode in a Ford V-8 driven east by Harold E. Breen of 409 Locust Street. The other vehicle, a Chevrolet coach, was driven by W. M. Loethen of Cedar City. Both cars were badly damaged and Keisling was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital.
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Rosaline Keisling
Mulberry Street
McCarty Street
Miss Keisling
McCarty
Harold E. Breen
Locust Street
W. M. Loethen
Cedar City
St. Mary’s Hospital
Bow Legged Robber Nabbed After Bowed-Leg Clue
In New York a bow legged suspect led police to arrest John Abbey, 36, linked to an acid attack and $300 rent theft. Detective Golempolsky traced the thief by asking locals about bowed legs and found Abbey among tavern, store, and apartment house circles. Abbey has a police record dating to 1920.
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New York
Sadie Benett
Anpartment House
Golempolsky
126Th Street
John Abbey
Wreckage Scattered After Army Bomber Crash Near Uniontown
Four to seven men killed when a twin motor bomber crashed two and a half miles southeast of Uniontown Alabama. The plane departed March Field California with Mitchel Field New York as its destination. wreckage spread over a 100 yard area. Pocketbooks and identification found among the scattered remains.
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Uniontown
Ala
Here
March Field
Calif
Mitchel Field
New York
San Rafael
James D. Underhill
Hamilton Field
N. Y
John W. Pollard
Air Corps Reserve
Underhill
Johnson
Pergeant
Jone
Narro
Jones
John H. Hydle
30Th Infantry
San Francisco
Presidio
Reiber
Hydle
Warren A. Maxwell
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Highland Falls
Times-Journal
Selma
Warren Wunderlich
Los Angeles
Wunderlich
Frank Glass
Dallas
Tex
Hensley Field
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Texas City
Glass
Negro questions wage floor and hours ceiling in state plan
In Abilene Texas reader Lee Washington a local Black man questions how a proposed winter wage floor and hours ceiling would affect him. He jokes about being a floor waxer for 25 years and asks if he will be forced to work ceiling hours under state law.
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Abilene
Tex
Lee Washington
Associated Press
Lee
Ceilin
Joplin Pledged State Aid In Liquor Depot Probe
Gov. Lloyd C. Stark promised state agencies would cooperate with Jasper county officials to block a planned export depot in Joplin meant to ship liquor to dry Kansas and Oklahoma. Jasper County Prosecutor Roy Coyne called the project a plan by a powerful liquor syndicate to violate other states' laws.
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Lloyd C. Stark
Jasper County
Joplin
Kansas
Oklahoma
Roy Coyne
Missouri
Kansas AG lays blame on federal gov for Joplin liquor depot
Kansas Attorney General Clarence Beck charges the federal government with failing to protect dry states over a planned export liquor depot at Joplin Missouri. He cites Jasper County prosecutor Roy Coyne and urges the next Kansas legislature to tighten import laws and seek Treasury Department approval.
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Kansas City
Kas
Clarence V. Beck
Kansas
Joplin
Oklahoma
Roy Coyne
Jasper County
Beck
U. S. Treasury
Treasury Department
Santa on Rock Island Trains Delivers Candy Christmas Eve
The Rock Island railroad announced that a Santa Claus will board each of its two trains with layovers in Kansas City tomorrow night to distribute candy to young passengers during Christmas Eve travel.
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Kansas City
Rock Island Railroad
Christmas Reunion at White House Opens With James Roosevelt Birthday
The Roosevelts hold a four generation Christmas reunion at the White House centering on James Roosevelt birthday dinner. Guests include Harry Hopkins and family, Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr, Sara Delano Roosevelt and Betsy Roosevelt, with young Franklin and Sara Roosevelts among the children.
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White House
James Roosevelt
Washington
Roosevelt
James
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelts
Diana
Hopkins
Jimmy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Sara
Kate
Betsy
Sara Delano Roosevelt
J. R. Roosevelt
Harry Hooker
New York
Hopkins Named Secretary of Commerce in Roosevelts Cabinet
President Franklin D. Roosevelt promoted Harry L. Hopkins to secretary of commerce succeeding Daniel C. Roper who resigned. Hopkins had been head of WPA and faced GOP and conservative Democratic opposition amid post election pressures. F. C. Harrington named WPA administrator, with Aubrey Williams possibly resigning to focus on the National Youth Administration.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Daniel C. Roper
F. C. Harrington
Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Harrington
Aubrey Williams
National Youth Administration
WPA
Congress
Congressional
Republicans
Senate
Clark Chances in 1940 Good, Johnson Asserts
General Hugh S. Johnson says Missouri Senator Bennett Clark leads as a possible Democratic presidential candidate if Roosevelt does not run in 1940. He warns Clark is not the White House’s favorite, while adding Roosevelt will seek and likely win a third-term nomination.
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ST. Louis
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Roosevelt
Clark
White House
Okmulgee
Okla
Estimates of World Wheat Production Up
The agricultural department said world wheat production this season will reach 4.448 billion bushels, up 65 million from a month ago and 630 million above last season. A larger Argentine crop largely caused the revision in the world estimate.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Veteran actor William F. Granger dies at 84
William F. Granger 84, veteran stage and screen actor who created a memorable role in the Broadway play Lightin' died in Hollywood. He was widely known for a long career in stage and film.
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Hollywood
Calif
William F. Granger
Liquor Sales Must Stop at Midnight Tonight
McMahon states no exception to liquor sales stopping at midnight despite holidays on Saturday. State supervisor of liquor control notes only 40 deputies statewide, enforcement relies on local authorities. In St Louis, officials say no special instructions. McDaniel plans to stay home New Year’s Eve.
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St, Louis
Col
E. J. McMahon
Liquor Control
McMahon
St. Louis
Lawrence McDaniel
John H. Glassco
McDaniel
Lima Parley Nears Podemos Solidarity Declaration
The Pan American conference neared a continent wide solidarity declaration as Argentina and Uruguay signed the majority text led by Dr. Carlos Concha. Brazil remained the only republic not yet signing and was expected to act after capital approval.
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Lima
Carlos Concha
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay
Concha
Afranio Mello Franco
Buenos Aires
New WPA Head Signals Limited Changes
Col. F. C. Harrington, new WPA administrator, said at a press conference he plans no radical revision of WPA methods though some adjustments may occur as different leaders run things. He emphasized two duties: directing WPA funds to unemployed workers and maximizing public value through WPA projects. He noted funding would go to intended recipients regardless of party affiliation.
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Washington
Col. F. C. Harrington
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Harrington
Congress
WPA
Justice Pros LePage Fines Charles Shepard for Reckless Driving
Justice LePage fined Charles Shepard $5 and court costs on reckless driving charges after he was arrested Thursday night near the highway patrol station on Highway 50 east of the city. A one year suspension of driving rights was imposed. C. W. Draper remains detained on bad checks totaling about $70 with a chance to try the checks.
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Justice Pros
Church to Send Out Carols Over Amplifiers
Amplifiers placed on the Evangelical Church steeple will broadcast Christmas Carols across the Southside during Christmas week. One of the church’s three choirs will perform a 30 minute program starting at 6 p m. The first concert is set for this evening.
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Evangelical Church
Southside
Governor Stark Launches Kansas City Crime Campaign
Governor Lloyd C. Stark declares war on crime and corruption in Kansas City. He orders Attorney General Roy McKittrick to remove officials hindering the crackdown and to oust any public figures resistant to his effort.
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Lloyd C. Stark
Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Roy McKittrick
Police board leader signals crime at minimum amid cleanup order
President Albert Bond Lambert said crime appeared at a minimum but welcomed a state investigation into vice conditions. Maj. Lambert pledged full cooperation with Attorney General Roy McKittrick and noted officials would not comment on the governor's cleanup order.
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ST. Louis
Albert Bond Lambert
Police Board
McKittrick
Roy McKittrick
Maj. Lambert
John H. Glassco
Franklin Miller
Pendergast Affiliation Tensions Roil Kansas City Politics
Officials across Kansas City and Jackson County are linked to the Pendergast machine amid clashes with Governor Stark who challenged the payrolls. Stark labeled vice and major crime in the area as notorious while criticizing local leaders for defiance of law, and City Manager H F McElroy replied with sharp contempt. The governor allegedly ordered actions against the Pendergast faction.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Pendergast
Stark
Bes
Capitol
H. F. McElroy
Dies While Visiting His Daughter Here
Herman Moerke 80 of Able man Wisconsin died at 8 8 last at Mrs Case home 716 East Carty street while visiting his daughter Mrs E H Case He had been ill two weeks from heart trouble Survived by daughters Mrs Jane Meyer Mrs Gus Weiland Mrs Lorraine Wibly Mrs Alice Millar and Edward I Moerke Also survived by a brother Dr A C Merke Funeral and burial arrangements planned in Abe man later today
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Herman Moerke
Ableman
Wis
Jefferson City
E. H. Case
Gus Weiland
Baraboo
Lorraine Wibly
Los Angeles
Alice Millar
Milwaukee
Edward I
Minneapolis
A. C. Merke
Burlington, la
Abe
Father of Mrs. Carl Walz Dies After Long Illness
Herman Kuper 78 died yesterday morning at the sheriff's residence on Monroe street after a prolonged illness. He lived with Sheriff and Mrs. Walz since his wife's death four years ago and once ran a farm near Bonnots Mill. Survived by four daughters Mrs. Jack Martin of Chicago Isabell Kuper Mrs. John Kiesel bach and Mrs. Louis Bonnot all of Jefferson City. a son James Kuper of Bonnots Mill. Funeral services set for this afternoon at Kuperh in Bonnots Mill.
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Herman Kuper
Carl Walz
Monroe Street
Kuper
Walz
Bonnots Mill
Kerne
Jack Martin
Chicago
Isabell Kuper
John Kieselbach
Louis Bonnot
Jefferson City
James Kuper
Kuperh
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