Roosevelt plans pilot training to stock 20 000 college students
President Roosevelt approved a plan to train 20,000 college students annually to provide pilots for war time. The Civil Aeronautics Authority says the program will boost private flying interest and U.S. aircraft factory productivity while training non combatants for potential military service.
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United States
Army
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Rep
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R-Ny
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D-Mo
America
National Youth
Weather outlook Missouri snow and cold across regions
Increasing clouds and rising temperatures with possible snow in the northwest on Wednesday. Thursday turns cloudy and colder with snow in the south and east central portions. High 19 and low 9. River stages: Keokuk 0c, Lake of the Ozarks nine and nine tenths feet below full.
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Missouri
Keokuk
Mamas Cte
Boonville
Eee BS Fal CF St
First Lady’s Niece Debuts at White House Ball
Eleanor Roosevelt the Yorks Boston daughter 18 attended a White House debut party in a white organdie gown. The event honored Eleanor Roosevelt namesake with many Roosevelt relatives and young guests from Boston New York Oyster Bay and Washington. A midnight meal was served as dancing continued into the early hours with Mrs Sara Delano Roosevelt overseeing the scene.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Boston
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East
Theodore Roosevelt
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Helen Taft
Eleanor
John Cutter
Greece
Bandit Gang Robs Humansville Bank of $1600 in Cash
A three-person bandit team robbed the Humansville bank of 1600 dollars in cash. A gray-suited driver and a blond woman in a green coach fled north, pursued by state troopers aided by FBI investigation. A dog in the woman’s lap drew bystanders’ attention.
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Humansville
T. N. Payne
Clinton
William Baxter
Highway Patrol
Kansas City
E. P. Guinane
Doris Batchellor
Missing Maryland Girl Found Safe in Mountain Shack
HAGERSTOWN Md Dec 27 Detect ive Captain William H Peters said Jane Akowsky 17 who vanished Christmas eve was found by a posse in a lonely mountain shack hysterical but unharmed She is the daughter of a junk yard checker and will be questioned later No arrests yet though authorities know the man involved The posse reported the girl seen in a car driven by a farmer from the mountains eight miles north of town
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William H. Peters
Jane Akowsky
Peters
Here
Series of Explosions Damage Port Arthur Refinery
A sequence of blasts at the Atlantic Oil & Refining Company plant in Port Arthur Texas caused a gasoline cracking unit to be damaged with losses estimated between 500000 dollars and 500000 dollars Nine miles away residents saw fires erupt and flames leaped over ten miles but no injuries were reported Officials could not determine a cause immediately
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Port Arthur
Texas
Atlantic Oil & Refining Company
Three Coster Case Blackmail Suspects Held in New York
A roundup begins for suspects tied to extortion against F. Donald Coster Musica of McKesson and Robbins. Walter H. Craig, barred lawyer and former grand larceny convict, faces charges of mailing fraud and conspiracy. Mary Brandino and brother Joseph also charged. linked to Coster Musica in a 1920 Brooklyn drug venture. More arrests planned as investigations unfold.
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F. Donald Coster-Musica
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Walter H. Craig
Efraud
U. S
Gregory Noonan
Mary Brandino
Joseph
Brandinos
Noonan
Craig
Coster-Musica
Brooklyn
Moster-Musica
Connecticut
Wall Street
Philip Musica
Musica
Fines Paid for Four Women in Vote Cases
Kansas City reports attorney James Daleo paying 1000 dollars in fines for four women defendants in 1936 vote fraud cases. Judge Merrill E Otis suspended jail terms but kept sentences for four men after appeals were dismissed. Daleo planned to pay the men's fines later.
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Kansas City
James Daleo
Federal Court Clerk’s Office
Merrill E. Otis
Daleo
Law Enforcement an Easy Job at Bethany
In Bethany Missouri a deputy sheriff and two state patrol officers easily arrest a truck driver after a crash into a patrol car. A justice fugitive is recognized and detained as he approached his car outside the sheriff’s office. Two Des Moines girls are picked up when they tried to hitch a ride from the patrolmen.
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Bethany
Justice
Des Moines
Iowa
Infant Schauwecker Dies of Pneumonia at St Marys
Galin Anthony Schauwecker infant son of Mr and Mrs Zeno Schauwecker of Westphalia died Monday at St Marys hospital of pneumonia. Survived by parents one sister Georgene and grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Schauwecker of Westphalia and Mr and Mrs Anton Werdesek of Meta Missouri. Funeral services will be held this morning in Westphalia.
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Zeno Schauwecker
Westphalia
St. Mary’s Hospital
Georgene
Henry Schauwecker
Anton Werdesekause
Meta
Dozen Deaths Attributed To Severe Cold Wave
Wind and cold sweep the nation with sub zero readings in ten states and 37 below at War a Minn. Snow and sleet hamper travel from the Midwest to the Atlantic. Marquette is snowbound. Manistique lacks telegraph service as Lake Michigan seas reach record highs.
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Canadian
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Cold capitals dot nation with record low temps
The list shows morning lows across the country on December 27, with Warroad Minnesota at minus 37 and several other towns like Devils Lake North Dakota minus 22 Moorhead Minnesota minus 14 and Des Moines at zero. Chicago Denver and Omaha stood at four above zero.
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Lander
Wyo
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Kans
Park Falls
Wis
Rapid City
S.C
Charles City
Iowa
Shedan
la Crosse
North Platte
Denver
Omaha
Blizzard Disrupts Michigan Roads and Rail Lines
A severe blizzard cripples communications at Sault Ste. Marie and between Petoskey and the Straits of Mackinac. Snow depths reach 12 to 19 inches in the upper peninsula with six foot snow hummocks on secondary roads. A fatal crash in Hudson tied to wind. Buffalo reports a 61 mph gale and rope barriers on streets. Toledo faces threatened water loss as Maumee river drains into Lake Erie. Downtown Erie braces with guide ropes as 46 mph winds hit. Western Pennsylvania sees flurries after the weekend storm.
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Straits of Mackinac
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Pennsylvania
Loyalists May Transfer Capital From Barcelona
Spanish insurgents report occupation of five towns in Catalonia with 1500 prisoners and large war supplies seized. The advance included Aspa Soleras Masana Santa Maria de Maya and Alps de Blaguer near Lerida, with a major thrust driving government forces from mountain positions. North of Lerida a hydroelectric station at Cap de La Sierra near Cabo was seized.
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Spain
Aspa
Soleras
Lerida
Masana
Santa Maria de Maya
Alps de Blaguer
Monsech
Cap de la Sierra
Cabo
Insurgents Gain Ground in Catalonia as Barcelona Move Considered
Spanish forces report new gains in Catalonia with 230 square miles captured aided by Moroccan and Navarrese units. A government capital shift from Barcelona to the south is being considered as insurgents approach the Barca area, with 7,000 prisoners cited and Alps de Balaguer near Artesa under threat.
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Peralba
Figuerola
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Franco
Industrial Leaders Tied to Most U S Crime Says Expert
Dr Paul L Schroeder of Chicago argues at AAAS meeting that industrial slums around factories generate the majority of criminals and potential criminals. He links delinquency to economic conditions and poor housing with costs of 64.9 million dollars in 1937.
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United States
Paul L. Schroeder
Chicago
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Institute For Juvenile Research
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Ore
Schroeder
Seven Hurt in Christmas Car Mishaps Near Jefferson City
Three people remained in St. Mary's hospital with injuries from auto accidents in and near Jefferson City during Christmas holidays. A family of five was in a collision while en route to the city. Albert Steimel and others sustained cuts, a child suffered a broken nose, and Mrs. Gertrude Steimel had a fractured jaw with severe facial lacerations. John Barrett, former shoe worker, was in fair condition after a Christmas Eve crash on East Capitol Avenue with a fractured skull. Lew Barton, 70, showed improvement after a Christmas Eve hit on Highway 50. Algie Hassler, driver in Barton's crash, was freed on bond and faces a Jan. 10 preliminary hearing. prosecutors postponed the case pending Barton's outcome.
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Jefferson City
Sunda
C. J. Schneider
Albert Steimel
Gertrude Steimel
John Barrett
Capitol Avenue
Lew Barton
Highway 50
Algie Hassler
Barton
Carl Wymore
Patrol Head Seeks 50 More State Highway Patrolmen
Supt. B Marvin Casteel of the state highway patrol said he would ask the incoming 60th general assembly for 50 additional troopers. The force now numbers 115 men and 10 officers. He argues two-man patrols would improve accident prevention and cites gunmen escaping a single trooper as justification. The 1937 legislature increased funding for 36 new men.
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State Highway Patrol
60Th General Assembly
Casteel
Highway Patrol
First Lady Opposes New War Toys This Christmas
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt renews opposition to military toys as she hears toys on sale include soldiers with grenades guns and stretchers. She had relaxed her stance before Christmas but called the new items unwise and unfortunate after a reporter cited ghastly examples.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Landon Arrives in Cristobal After Pan American Conference
Alf Landon, delegate to the Pan American conference, reached Cristobal in the Canal Zone by Pan American Grace plane and planned a Brownsville, Texas flight tomorrow. He called the conference “worth while.”
St Joseph Actress to Undergo Appendectomy
Dorothea Kent 19 contract actress from St Joseph Missouri at Universal Studios will enter a Hollywood hospital for an appendectomy tomorrow. She recently returned to Chicago after weeks of personal appearance at the Palace theater.
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Calif
Dorothea Kent
St. Joseph
Universal Film, Studios
Chicago
Palace Theater
Zona Gale Dies of Pneumonia at 65
Novelist Zona Gale known for Miss Lulu Bett dies in Passavant Memorial Hospital Chicago reports say she had moved to Portage Wisconsin, where she was active in civic life and politics with her husband W L Breese. Her last work is a biography of Frank Miller.
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Chicago
Zona Gale
Toor
Passavant Memorial
Portage
Wis
W. L. Breese
Passavant Hospital
Lulu Bett
Middle West
Breese
la Follettes
Frank Miller
Mission Inn
Riverside
Calif
Horns Teterests
Kibicki 38 Dies After Illness in City
Kibicki aged 38 died after a lengthy illness at home in the city. Survived by husband two sons and mother Mrs Mey. Services set for Monday at 1 PM in the Mee Tanner Funeral Chapel. Burial at Hickory Cemetery.
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Mary
Mey
Miioon
Mal
Hickory
Reinforcements Asked By Somaliland Governor
Paris dispatch reports a French warship sped to Djibouti to counter Italian moves against French Somaliland. The D'Iberville was sent as the advance guard of East Africa reinforcements after an appeal by the Somaliland governor. Italy's forces were also noted nearby as tensions rose around the Red Sea gateway to Ethiopia.
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